Cigarette Sales to Underage Buyers Wyoming Cigarette Sales Violation Rate to Underage Buyers

Note: The results are presented as multi-year averages to make them less volatile to year-to-year changes and to account for counties with smaller populations. Synar is an annual scientifically valid surveillance research study of retail tobacco establishments. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) requires conducting Synar tobacco sales compliance checks as a stipulation for funding the Federal Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Block Grant. The Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police (WASCOP) collects similar administrative data about tobacco sales-law compliance checks. State-level WASCOP compliance check results are presented elsewhere on this site. In 2020, the FDA and Wyoming raised the legal age for tobacco purchases to age 21.